Tag Archives: Susskind

Voxels

Posted on January 25, 2009 by PlatoHagel

A generalization of a voxel is the doxel, or dynamic voxel. This is used in the case of a 4D dataset, for example, an image sequence that represents 3D space together with another dimension such as time. In this way, … Continue reading →

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Gedanken Experiments

Posted on January 2, 2009 by PlatoHagel

While some might consider the multi-dimensional nature of the emotive states laughter does indeed go a long way. It is not without consideration here that such a thinking moves beyond the normal everyday. We are all embroiled in it, one … Continue reading →

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The Cosmic Landscape

Posted on June 6, 2007 by PlatoHagel

I noticed a few blogs mentioning the landscape. Asymptotia(Clifford Johnson), The Reference Frame(Lubos Motl), and Not Even Wrong (Peter Woit’s) blog. The Cosmic Landscape:String Theory and the Illusion of Intelligent Design by Leonard Susskind After reading Susskind’s book in regards … Continue reading →

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Finiteness in String Theory Landscape

Posted on April 4, 2007 by PlatoHagel

Quantum Effect, however allow a manifold to change state abruptly at some point-to tunnel through the intervening ridge to a nearby lower valley. Please take note of the underlined. Well after some thought here in terms of the landscape, it … Continue reading →

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Blackhole Horizon, "as a Hill?"

Posted on April 2, 2007 by PlatoHagel

Physically, the effect can be interpreted as an object moving from the “false vacuum” (where = 0) to the more stable “true vacuum” (where = v). Gravitationally, it is similar to the more familiar case of moving from the hilltop … Continue reading →

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Heralded from the 21st Century: String Theory

Posted on March 25, 2007 by PlatoHagel

I know not how, may find their way to the minds of humanity in Some Dimensionality, and may stir up a race of rebels who shall refuse to be confined to limited Dimensionality.” from Flatland, by E. A. Abbott It … Continue reading →

Posted in Branes, Brian Greene, Emergence, Kaluza, Klein, Laughlin, Lisa Randall, Robert B. Laughlin, Self Evident, Smolin, Steven Weinberg, Susskind, Theory of Everything, Thomas Kuhn, Veneziano, Witten | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Mind Field

Posted on March 8, 2007 by PlatoHagel

Lee Smolin: Height is proportional to the number of things the theory gets right. Since we don’t have a convincing case for the right theory yet, that is a high peak somewhere off in the distance. The existing approaches are … Continue reading →

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Newton’s Space was the Sensorium

Posted on February 24, 2007 by PlatoHagel

Sir Isaac Newton, FRS (4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727) [OS: 25 December 1642 – 20 March 1727] was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, and natural philosopher who is generally regarded as one of the greatest scientists and … Continue reading →

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Images or Numbers By Themself

Posted on January 6, 2007 by PlatoHagel

“Mathematicians have tried in vain to this day to discover some order in the sequence of prime numbers, and we have reason to believe that it is a mystery into which the mind will never penetrate” (cited by Ivars Peterson … Continue reading →

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Breakthrough Propulsion Physics?

Posted on November 28, 2006 by PlatoHagel

Shuttle Main Engine Test Firing-1981-A remote camera captures a close-up view of a Space Shuttle Main Engine during a test firing at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi. Spacecraft propulsion is used to change the velocity … Continue reading →

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